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drought…

25 Saturday Jan 2020

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for the last few days I haven’t been eating all that well…

not sure exactly why… there is food available, but I’ve been uninterested in eating it…

I’ve been kind of eating out of the fridge… had leftover spaghetti and meat sauce, made fried rice with leftover chicken, spinach and scrambled eggs…

last night I had bacon and mushrooms… it was a meal that we had when I was young… always on toast… I rarely have bread in the house, but last night I tossed some croutons in… it was a perfect addition;-)…

today I made a lovely wonton and mushroom soup for lunch, and roasted chicken with cauliflower, sweet and baby potatoes for supper…

hopefully I am over the eating drought…

chicken…

06 Sunday Oct 2019

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yesterday morning I was struggling with a cold… I decided to do as little as possible and rest up…

had some legs and thighs in the freezer and spent a portion of the day making some healing chicken soup…

had it for supper and it was very tasty;-)…

have two more servings left, after I ate one for today’s lunch…

also took the time to enjoy my flowers… because flowers make me happy…

I think that resting and doing as little as possible over the last two days has really helped my body beat the cold…

yay…

improved…

21 Sunday Jul 2019

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yesterday turned out to be quite a fun day…

instead of laying on my bed and watching tv all day I went out with a few friends…

on our way to St. Norbert Farmers’ Market we stopped at La Belle Baguette for some bread…

I haven’t been to the Market for years… it has certainly grown and improved… there are more makers and the main covered building is wonderful… while we were there it poured for about five minutes, and we were under the canopy the whole time…

after an entertaining time there, we went out for lunch… the sky was a bit foreboding and all of a sudden it poured… for another five minutes… by the time we got to the restaurant it had stopped;-)…

great fun… finished the last bits of that lunch for tonight’s supper…

looking…

21 Friday Jun 2019

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today I had an eye appointment… good news is that my eyes are looking great… not so good news is that I probably need to consider new glasses… had to wait for a while to see my eye doctor…

spent a few minutes waiting by Sargent Sundae…

then met a friend and we went for lunch at the Park Café and a walk around the English Garden… it was overcast and a bit windy, but it was nice to be outdoors…

one of my favourite photos from our time in the Garden… I’m always looking for flowers and frogs in the ponds, lol…

first water lily of the season…

eaten…

20 Thursday Jun 2019

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I can’t think of a week that I’ve eaten out more…

Monday was an amazing catered dinner at the office…

Tuesday was lunch out with a good friend…

Wednesday, it was breakfast out, followed by pizza brought in for lunch…

today, had delicious homemade muffins and scones, wth fruit and cheese for breakfast, and went for lunch at Smith…

don’t have any plans for tomorrow, lol… how sad is that…

specialties…

15 Wednesday May 2019

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today we had chicken soup for lunch…

I made it last night and it took most of the evening… my chicken soup has potatoes, carrots, corn and peas… it also has barley in it… George loved barley in soup and so I always use it… I find that noodles can get mushy but the barley stands up to any reheating…

for supper I made a fried egg sandwich… one of my beloved’s specialties…

I imagined how it would taste, but it didn’t turn out quite as planned… was okay, lol…

nice memories…

laughed…

09 Saturday Mar 2019

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great day…

slept in and watched some tv…

picked up by a friend and we went out for lunch at Pho Hoang… shared some tofu spring rolls and I had seafood chow mein…

great catch-up and delicious lunch… we giggled because we both tried something other than our usual menu choices…

from there we headed to PTE and saw Mom’s the Word: Nest 1/2 Empty…

it was sooooo funny… we laughed all the way through it… brought home 2 delicious homemade gingerbread bars after I ate a tasty fancy almond covered cookie that had homemade jam in it… cannot remember the exact name of either of them, lol…

walked from Portage without any gloves… didn’t realize that they weren’t in my pocket… good thing it was quite warm, lol… and then found them on the sofa;-)…

samosas…

05 Tuesday Mar 2019

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on this seventh anniversary of losing my beloved, I started the day by going to Safeway and buying flowers and an orchid for work… flowers for the front of the office and some for my space…

was very happy that they had orchids because the last few times I’ve been there haven’t been any…

my beloved always bought me flowers and orchids, particularly in the winter which has often been a difficult time for me…

at noon, I ran out and picked up samosas to share for our lunch… this was something he would do every now and then… seemed like a lovely way to remember him and what made him so special…

it was a great meal, with salad, veggies, hummus, cheese and grapes added by my colleagues…

as it is Shrove Tuesday, pancakes were on the menu for supper and I made potato pancakes, a nod to the world’s best hash brown patties that he would make…

a good day with many lovely memories…

quynh…

02 Saturday Feb 2019

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finally had the time to take a photo of the February Chihuly calendar… the piece is called blue frog foot fiore… this installation was at the New York Botanical Garden in 2017…

was picked up by friends, went to the Nhu Quynh for a lovely lunch before we headed to PTE for this month’s show, which was excellent…

nice to spend time with friends…

recipe…

21 Monday Jan 2019

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yesterday I spent some time preparing a couple of recipes that I can eat throughout the week…

the first one I made was Calico Beans… this is a great recipe because it makes a lot and is very tasty… it is made with three or more types of beans… usually it also has three cans of pork and beans, but I picked up kidney and black beans and only one can of pork and beans, so I improvised, lol… it also has onions, hamburger and bacon in it…

after that I moved onto Curried Red Lentils… it is served over rice and is another delicious recipe… it too makes a good amount…

my grandson came over for dinner and this is one of his favourites… we had some for our supper, packed up some for him to take home and put away two containers for my lunch or supper this week…

I like it when I get organized and have meals prepped for the week…